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Illustration Collection (#88)

From the Thirteen Original Colonies in 1776 to the vibrant cover of Ms

Background imageIllustration Collection: FRANCE-AGRICULTURE-HARVEST

FRANCE-AGRICULTURE-HARVEST
A farmer picks up hay with a cart pulled by oxen after harvesting a wheat field, in August 1946 in the French countryside. (Photo by - / AFP)

Background imageIllustration Collection: France-Havas-Medias

France-Havas-Medias
Undated picture shows the Press Agency Havas building, in Paris. AFP PHOTO (Photo by - / AFP)

Background imageIllustration Collection: France-Afp-Medias

France-Afp-Medias
(Files) A picture taken in 1926 shows the linotype service at the headquarters of French new agency Havas in Paris, place de la Bourse. AFP PHOTO (Photo by - / AFP)

Background imageIllustration Collection: China-Culture-Literature

China-Culture-Literature
An archive photo taken on February 25, 1964 shows Chinese children playing during the start of the new school year, in Shanghai. AFP PHOTO (Photo by ARCHIVE / AFP)

Background imageIllustration Collection: France-Game-Hula Hoop

France-Game-Hula Hoop
Photo taken in the 60s shows women playing with a Hula Hoop on the Champs Elyses avenue in Paris. (Photo by - / AFP)

Background imageIllustration Collection: France-Marseille-Illustrations

France-Marseille-Illustrations
Picture taken in the 30s on the old port of Marseille. (Photo by - / AFP)

Background imageIllustration Collection: France-Brittany-Oysters

France-Brittany-Oysters
Picture taken in December 1944 of Breton women cleaning oysters in Riec-sur-Belon in Brittany. (Photo by - / AFP)

Background imageIllustration Collection: Paris-Seine

Paris-Seine
A Sunday painter devotes himself to his favorite hobby while painting Notre-Dame cathedral on the banks of the Seine in Paris in July 1945 while his girlfriend is sewing. (Photo by - / AFP)

Background imageIllustration Collection: Paris-Spring-Illustration

Paris-Spring-Illustration
Children enjoy riding donkeys on the Champs Elyses Avenue in Paris on the first sunday of the 1947 spring on March 23, 1947. (Photo by - / AFP)

Background imageIllustration Collection: France-Paris-Transport-Train

France-Paris-Transport-Train
A train employee places a sign on a platform before the departure of the first mainline train for Toulouse, in October 1944 in Gare d Austerlitz in Paris, a few months after the Liberation of Paris

Background imageIllustration Collection: France-Paris-Transports

France-Paris-Transports
Two Parisian women, one of them eating a sandwich, wait to take a public transportation, in October 1944 in Paris, a few months after the Liberation of Paris, during the Second World War

Background imageIllustration Collection: France-Paris-Us

France-Paris-Us
A US soldier talks with a French woman on a bench, in October 1944, in Paris. (Photo by - / AFP)

Background imageIllustration Collection: France-Brittany-Quimper

France-Brittany-Quimper
Picture taken in December 1944 of the Steir river in Quimper, Brittany. (Photo by - / AFP)

Background imageIllustration Collection: France-Brittany-Audierne

France-Brittany-Audierne
Picture taken in December 1944 of sailboats in the port of Audierne, Brittany, France. (Photo by - / AFP)

Background imageIllustration Collection: Ecuador-Water-Glacier-Melting-Ice-Nature

Ecuador-Water-Glacier-Melting-Ice-Nature
View of one of the Chimborazo volcanos glaciers, in Ecuadors central Andes. (Photo by Pablo Cozzaglio / AFP)

Background imageIllustration Collection: Us-Animal-Squirrel

Us-Animal-Squirrel
A squirrel holds a stone in its mouth while siting on a fence on April 7, 2019 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP)

Background imageIllustration Collection: Washingtons famed cherry trees expected to reach peak blossom

Washingtons famed cherry trees expected to reach peak blossom
The Jefferson memorial is seen through cherry blossoms at the tidal basin on April 1, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

Background imageIllustration Collection: Lebanon-Nature-Spring-Migration

Lebanon-Nature-Spring-Migration
A flock of migrating pelicans flies over mountains surrounding the village of Joun south of Beirut on April 2, 2019. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP)

Background imageIllustration Collection: Picture No. 12480043

Picture No. 12480043
Traditional Father Christmas illustration Date:

Background imageIllustration Collection: Picture No. 12480128

Picture No. 12480128
Christmas pudding illustration with holly, Merry Christmas Date:

Background imageIllustration Collection: Picture No. 12480127

Picture No. 12480127
Christmas pudding illustration with holly, Merry Christmas Date:

Background imageIllustration Collection: Picture No. 12480126

Picture No. 12480126
Christmas Tree Illustration with baubles and Date:

Background imageIllustration Collection: Picture No. 12480125

Picture No. 12480125
Christmas Tree Illustration with baubles and Date:

Background imageIllustration Collection: Illustration of Hornets and Wasps, from Arcana entomologica, or, Illustrations of new

Illustration of Hornets and Wasps, from Arcana entomologica, or, Illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects by J.O. Westwood, 1845

Background imageIllustration Collection: Fbl-Panama-Pitch-Landscape

Fbl-Panama-Pitch-Landscape
Young Panamenian play football in San Felipe neighborhood in front of Panamas bay, in Panama City on December 9, 2017. (Photo by RODRIGO ARANGUA / AFP)

Background imageIllustration Collection: Fbl-Sui-Pitch-Landscape

Fbl-Sui-Pitch-Landscape
A picture taken on October 5, 2017, from the Mont de Gourze in Riez, western Switzerland, shows a football pitch illuminated with floodlights at sunset above the Lake Geneva

Background imageIllustration Collection: Fbl-Sui-Pitch-Landscape

Fbl-Sui-Pitch-Landscape
A picture taken on October 5, 2017, from the Mont de Gourze in Riez, western Switzerland, shows a football pitch illuminated with floodlights at sunset above the Lake Geneva

Background imageIllustration Collection: Fbl-Sui-Pitch-Landscape

Fbl-Sui-Pitch-Landscape
A picture taken on October 5, 2017, from the Mont de Gourze in Riez, western Switzerland, shows a football pitch illuminated with floodlights at sunset above the Lake Geneva

Background imageIllustration Collection: Fbl-Sui-Pitch-Landscape

Fbl-Sui-Pitch-Landscape
A picture taken on October 5, 2017, from the Mont de Gourze in Riez, western Switzerland, shows a football pitch illuminated with floodlights at sunset above the Lake Geneva

Background imageIllustration Collection: Fbl-Sui-Pitch-Landscape

Fbl-Sui-Pitch-Landscape
A picture taken on October 5, 2017, from the Mont de Gourze in Riez, western Switzerland, shows a football pitch illuminated with floodlights at sunset above the Lake Geneva

Background imageIllustration Collection: A player juggles before a match in Kinshasa on April 11, 2015. AFP PHOTO / FEDERICO SCOPPA

A player juggles before a match in Kinshasa on April 11, 2015. AFP PHOTO / FEDERICO SCOPPA (Photo by FEDERICO SCOPPA / AFP)

Background imageIllustration Collection: Frances womens team players take part in a training session in Clairefontaine

Frances womens team players take part in a training session in Clairefontaine en Yvelines, southwest of Paris, on April 6, 2015

Background imageIllustration Collection: Fbl-Monaco-Landscape-Pitch

Fbl-Monaco-Landscape-Pitch
General view of Louis II Stadium on the eve of the UEFA Champions League football match Monaco against Dortmund on April 18, 2017 at the " Louis II Stadium" in Monaco

Background imageIllustration Collection: Cuba-Theme-Football

Cuba-Theme-Football
A young man plays football on a street of Havana, Cuba, on June 27, 2014. AFP PHOTO/YAMIL LAGE (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP)

Background imageIllustration Collection: Fbl-Kos-Pitch-Landscape

Fbl-Kos-Pitch-Landscape
A picture shows the general view of the Flamurtari FC football stadium in the Kosovo capital of Pristina on October 21, 2016. (Photo by ARMEND NIMANI / AFP)

Background imageIllustration Collection: Fbl-Euro-2016-Swe-Landscape-Pitch

Fbl-Euro-2016-Swe-Landscape-Pitch
A general view of the " Puckelboll" pitch in Skaerholmen, south-west of Stockholm, on April 11, 2016. - The Puckelboll pitch is an artwork designed by artist Johan Ferner Stroem

Background imageIllustration Collection: Johannesburg-Illustration

Johannesburg-Illustration
Picture of the city of Johannesburg in the 1950 s. / AFP PHOTO / -

Background imageIllustration Collection: Africa-Life-Illustration

Africa-Life-Illustration
Picture taken in september 1946 in Africa of two villagers women posing. / AFP PHOTO

Background imageIllustration Collection: France-Weather-Leisure

France-Weather-Leisure
A fisherman is pictured on July 5, 2018 in Ouistreham, northwestern France. / AFP PHOTO / CHARLY TRIBALLEAU

Background imageIllustration Collection: France-Tourism-Etretat

France-Tourism-Etretat
A seagull flies over Notre Dame de la Garde chapel on the cliffs of Etretat, northwestern France on July 22, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / JOEL SAGET

Background imageIllustration Collection: France-Weather-Animal-Heatwave

France-Weather-Animal-Heatwave
A smooth-coated otter Lutrogale perspicillata plays in a pool to cool off at the zoo in La Fleche, north-western France on August, 4, 2018, as a heatwave sweeps across northern Europe

Background imageIllustration Collection: India-Animal-Peacock

India-Animal-Peacock
An Indian peacock dances with its feathers out in an attempt to impress a peahen in Ahmedabad on August 20, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / SAM PANTHAKY

Background imageIllustration Collection: France-Vineyard-Feature

France-Vineyard-Feature
The sun rises over the Kirchberg vineyards in Barr, eastern France, on August 22, 2018. Cremant grape harvests are due to start from today in the Alsatian vineyards. / AFP PHOTO / PATRICK HERTZOG

Background imageIllustration Collection: France-Us-Film-Festival-Deauville

France-Us-Film-Festival-Deauville
People walk on the beach as they go to swim at sunset on September 3, 2018 during the 44th Deauville US Film Festival of Deauville. / AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE

Background imageIllustration Collection: France-Kite-Surf-Deauville

France-Kite-Surf-Deauville
A kite-surfer practices at sunset in the French northwestern sea resort of Deauville on September 3, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / CHARLY TRIBALLEAU

Background imageIllustration Collection: Italy-Animal-Bird-Feature

Italy-Animal-Bird-Feature
Flamingos fly at sunset on May 6, 2018 in Cagliari. / AFP PHOTO / MARCO BERTORELLO

Background imageIllustration Collection: Russia-Leisure-Skateboarding

Russia-Leisure-Skateboarding
A skateboarder does a trick on the 41st floor of the under-construction " Moscow City" business complex in Moscow on September 13, 2009

Background imageIllustration Collection: Russia-History-Wwii

Russia-History-Wwii
A Russian teenager rides a skateboard at Victory Park in Moscow on April 28, 2009. Russia will celebrate Victory Day, in honor of the end of WWII, on May 9




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From the Thirteen Original Colonies in 1776 to the vibrant cover of Ms. Magazine's first issue in 1972, illustrations have played a significant role in capturing history and culture. Whether it's EXPL2A-00352 showcasing Hindu gods Laksman, Rama, Sita, and Hanuman or the enchanting depiction of Hindu goddesses Parvati, Lakshmi, and Saraswati from India, these illustrations transport us to ancient lands steeped in mythology. A map of ancient Rome takes us back to the grandeur of an empire that shaped Western civilization. Meanwhile, Babar, king of elephants, and Celeste engage in a playful game of tennis at Celesteville as depicted by Jean de Brunhoff's illustration from his beloved Babar books from the 1930s. Hadrian's Wall stands tall as a testament to Roman engineering prowess while a picture of Lakshmi holding lotus flowers reminds us of her divine presence as the goddess of wealth. William and Mary College transports us to colonial America during the 1700s when education was taking root on American soil. Johannes Brahms comes alive through an illustration that captures his musical genius and passion. Lastly, we are mesmerized by an intricate Book of Kells illustration depicting St. Matthew with meticulous details that showcase artistic mastery from centuries ago. These diverse illustrations not only tell stories but also serve as windows into different eras and cultures – reminding us how art has always been a powerful medium for human expression.